“Under certain U.S. privacy laws, the use of these technologies may be considered "sharing" or a "sale" of Personal Information, even though we do not exchange your information for money.”
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The clause signals that users' Personal Information may be legally treated as sold or shared under certain U.S. privacy laws through the use of advertising technologies, triggering potential opt-out rights.
The updated policy expands the categories of personal information Mercury collects and processes for business customers. Mercury now explicitly collects investment profile information, demographic data (citizenship status, sex assigned at birth), and information about dependents and payment beneficiaries. For business customers, Mercury may collect personal information directly from contractors, payment recipients, and other connected individuals at the business's direction to support payroll, benefits, and payment processing. The policy also clarifies that marketing SMS messages require separate consent from transactional messages, and that phone numbers will not be shared with third parties for their own advertising purposes. You can opt out of marketing SMS messages without affecting receipt of transactional messages.
View change record →The updated policy discloses Mercury's SMS and MMS messaging practices and establishes specific protections for users who opt in. The policy states that mobile phone numbers and opt-in consent data will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties for marketing purposes, and will only be shared with telecommunications carriers under binding confidentiality agreements to deliver the service. You can opt out at any time by replying 'STOP' to any message or updating your notification preferences in your Mercury account settings.
View change record →Users' Personal Information may be treated as sold or shared under certain U.S. privacy laws as a result of Mercury's advertising cookie practices, even absent a monetary transaction.
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We do not sell/share your information to any third parties as part of these services, nor does our service provider.
We may share your personal data with a third party for purposes other than processing on our behalf. We will obtain your consent to such disclosure as required by applicable laws.
in the case of Cohere, to potential assignees, acquirers or successors of Cohere if and to the extent such persons need to know such Confidential Information in connection with a potential sale, merger, amalgamation or other corporate transaction...
"Under certain U.S. privacy laws, the use of these technologies may be considered "sharing" or a "sale" of Personal Information, even though we do not exchange your information for money.Excerpt from Mercury's Privacy Policy
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The clause signals that users' Personal Information may be legally treated as sold or shared under certain U.S. privacy laws through the use of advertising technologies, triggering potential opt-out rights.
Users' Personal Information may be treated as sold or shared under certain U.S. privacy laws as a result of Mercury's advertising cookie practices, even absent a monetary transaction.
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